It’s time to set up the coaching carousel! P4 head coaching jobs will probably be very sparse this year, as athletic departments will be on the hook to pay players and are apparently no longer willing to pay the monstrous buyouts that many of their coaches have. But there may still be plenty of action in the Group of 5 (and among coordinators). Here’s the current list of FBS HC moves (I’ll update it as it spins along):
- App State:
Shawn Clarkreplaced by Dowell Loggains (South Carolina OC) - Ball State:
Mike Neureplaced by Mike Uremovich (Butler HC) - Central Michigan:
Jim McElwain(retired) replaced by Matt Drinkall (Army OC, Kansas Wesleyan HC) - Charlotte:
Biff Poggireplaced by Tim Albin (Ohio HC) - East Carolina:
Mike Houstonreplaced by Blake Harrell (ECU DC & interim HC) - FAU:
Tom Hermanreplaced by Zach Kittley (Texas Tech OC) - FIU:
Mike MacIntyrereplaced by Willie Simmons (Duke RBs, FAMU HC, PVAMU HC) - Fresno State:
Jeff Tedford(resigned in off-season) replaced by Matt Entz (USC LBs, North Dakota State HC) - Jacksonville State:
Rich Rodriguezreplaced by OPEN - Kennesaw State:
Brian Bohannonreplaced by Jerry Mack (Jaguars RBs, Tennessee RBs, NC Central HC) - Marshall:
Charles Huffreplaced by Tony Gibson (NC State DC, West Virginia DC) - New Mexico:
Bronco Mendenhallreplaced by Jason Eck (Idaho HC) - North Carolina:
Mack Brownreplaced by Bill Belichick (Patriots HC) - Ohio:
Tim Albinreplaced by Brian Smith (Ohio OC) - Purdue:
Ryan Waltersreplaced by Barry Odom (UNLV HC, Missouri HC) - Rice:
Mike Bloomgrenreplaced by Scott Abell (Davidson HC) - Sam Houston:
K.C. Keelerreplaced by Phil Longo (Wisconsin OC) - Southern Miss:
Will Hallreplaced by Charles Huff (Marshall HC, Alabama AHC) - Temple:
Stan Draytonreplaced by K.C. Keeler (Sam Houston HC, Delaware HC) - Tulsa:
Kevin Wilsonreplaced by Tre Lamb (East Tennessee State HC, Gardner-Webb HC) - UCF:
Gus Malzahnreplaced by Scott Frost (Nebraska HC, UCF HC) - UMass:
Don Brownreplaced by Joe Harasymiak (Rutgers DC) - UNLV:
Barry Odomreplaced by Dan Mullen (Florida HC, Mississippi State HC) - Utah State:
Blake Andersonreplaced by Bronco Mendenhall (New Mexico HC, UVA HC, BYU HC) - Wake Forest:
Dave Clawsonreplaced by Jake Dickert (Washington State HC) - Washington State:
Jake Dickertreplaced by OPEN - West Virginia:
Neal Brownreplaced by Rich Rodriguez (Jacksonville State HC, Arizona HC, Michigan HC, WVU HC)
Other notes: A lot of “hot seats” (e.g. Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, West Virginia) probably cooled off by winning enough games. Mack Brown at UNC claims he’s not retiring. Deion Sanders at CU claims he does not intend to go to the NFL.
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That caught me by surprise. I thought they’d let him retire on his own terms, but I guess they were hoping it would be this year and his statement otherwise forced their hand. I’ll always be grateful for what Mack did for Texas, but I also resent how poor the culture became at the end of his tenure here. UNC seemed to be heading down a similar path.